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tSEIs fljoniallis fcfM FRIDAY MOKNING, AUG; 18, 1882. Entered a the Postoffice at Corvallis Oregon, as aecoudclass matter. EDITED BY M. S. WOODCOCK, ATTORNEY AT LAW. OFFICIAL PAPER FOR 8ENT0N COurtTY. 'GRAND CENTRAL DEPOT." What has become of that '-Grand Central Depot" at Portland, about which there was ao much talk about Mr. Villard's building at one time ? Has it proved tc be a gust of wind and a bubble, or is it only temporarily lumbering preparatory to assuming defi nite shape' hereafter? Bum or says that some of Portland's citizens who at one time were the most sanguine in the completion of that promised ornament to the city have given np all hopes of its being built. It is said that Villard was interested in a large lot of land which at the time the Depot was promised he wished to sell, and since hav ing sold it, it is not necessary to complete the "Grand Central." Those who bought bis land, however, no doubt see it differ-eatly. LEGISLATURE AND SUPREME COURT The time for holding the terms of the Supreme Court of this State should be hanged to commence about the time when they formerly did, and that was about the first part of January and July of each year. There are many reasons why such a change should be made. The very best reason that could be suggested is that for some time after the times just named there are no courts held in any of the circuits and attorneys therefore have time to attend the Supreme Court. The time for holding the Legislature could also be changed to eminence about the first of January, which Would be a time of year when the people who are usually elected to that place have more leasure than at almost any other sea son of the year. At the present time of their meeting it occurs at the busyest sea son of the year. Will the Legislature look into these two important matters and the hmnge suggested, or will they continue to ran along in the same groove as heietofore? .DIPHTHERIA. It has been suggested and it is pretty thoroughly understood that diphtheria is so ontagious in its nature th at it may be car tied in the clothingand be thereby communi cated weeks after parties have become well. If this is the case why is it not just as obligatory for persons having been effected with it to purify their clothing and houses as thoroughly as it is in smallpox and like diseases? In almost all cases where small pox has been in a family, the. bedding and lothiug used around the disease is gener ally burned or destroyed and the buildings and all other clothing about the premises are thoroughly cleansed, and yet probably Hot in one case out of fifty is such precaution taken in cases of diphtheria, a disease which is probably ten times more fatal with children. But parties who have been in and around it are permitted to go around the streets and in public places without any preventative or safe precautions hav ing been tr.ken.Tlie result isfthat every little while we hear of a bad case of diphtheria appearing somewhere in the community and no one can tell where it comes from. Because they can't tell whose old infected clothes brought th? contagion around. Authorities will scare whole community fighting smallpox but a worse disease they pay no attention to. ASSASSINATION OF THE PRESIDENT. . In another column will be fomfll a copy of a letter 'waitten by ex-senator S. W. Dor sey to ex-president Garfield during the time Garfield was selecting his capmet, urging upon him the importance of not placing James as Postmaster General and McVeagh as Attorney General in his cabinet. These were the two positions which Dorsey most feared. This letter is a strong one and will bear some considerable study in con nection with the assassination of the presi dent. When the news flashed across the wires that Garfield had been shot, it occur fed to the minds of some that the prime cause of the dreadful deed might have been prompted by those who-were trying to es cape Star route prosecution in order thereby to bring about a change in Clhe cabinet and thus get rid of James, and McVeagh, the two persons of all whom they most dreaded. Such letters as th one in question does not certainly in any way weaken the force ot that idea in the least. It has always appear ed strange to a great many that the idea of assassinating a president should originate without any prompting whatever in the mind- of a man like Guiteau and be carried out by him for the simple and only purpose of self revenge or notoriety. Time may bring to light mora hidden circumstances regarding what now miht seem to be a mystsry. NATURALIZATION OF CHINESE SHOULD BE PREVENTED. We frequently see accounts from the Eastern States where some of the courts continue to go through the farce of what they term naturalizing the Chinamen. It seems hardly beyond any question bnt what such a performance under existing laws and treaties amounts to nothing but a farce without any force whatever. Yet this tendency of things may lead to some thing which may be legal and binding. No matter how illegal such a proceeding may be now there is danger of its furnish ing a pretext for those who favor Chinese naturalization to build an argument upon. After a number of years have passed and quite a number of those almond-eyed duskies have received what purports to be their naturalization papers and have acted thereon for several years and gained rights of different kinds under them, it will then be an easy matter for the philanthropic ad herents of the Chinese and enemys to the rest of mankind to argue "that these un fortunate individuals have went through a certain form which they honestly supposed gave them the rights of all naturalized citi , sens, and that they have acted upon this belief in good faith and acquired what seemed to them to be rights thereunder. Now we as free born citizens of the United States, who do not desire to harm anyone, bnt wish to do equal justice to and keep faith wiyi all mankind, ought to urge Con gress to pass such laws and take such other steps as will admit the fondest hopes of oar pigtailed brethren to be realized." That there is great danger of such ar gument being brought to bear upon the mind of our people hardly admits of a ques tion. There is an element East and a few on this coast and all over the United States who are determined to put the Chinamen along in the front ranks among our citizens. And the course above suggested would cer tainly furnish a strong lever power towards accomplishing that object. It would therefore acpear to be the best policy for the people of this coast and else where who know so well the inappropriate aess of that state of affairs, to agitate the question until they succeed in causeing Con gress to take a positive stand on the subject by requiring them to pass some law declar jng:4he Chinese incapable of becoming nat uralized under existing laws. It might not perhaps be out of place for. our State Legislature to memoralize Congress on the subject. Or perhaps what might be as well as anything else would be to contest the egehiy at gome of these alleged natnrali- swghtatt curia THE TEMPERANCE QUESTION. The state legislature will' soon convene and will be called upon by numerous petit ioners both men and women of our state to favor a constitutional amendment, pro hibiting the manufacture, sale and use of intoxicating liquors, except for mechanical, scientific and medicinal purposes. There certainly is no room for any doubt but what the majority of our legislators will sustain the will of the petitioners. The persistent agitation of the temperance question by its advocates is fast creating public sentiment against the license system and in favor of prohibition. This sentiment promises to finally overshadow our nation and to sweep from the deck and hull of our ship cf state the all engulfing caase of our country's crimes and miseries. The public man that is too blind to foresee this result will find himself caught in the meshes of his own stupidity, and it is to be hoped that none of our legislators of the coming session will suffer themselves to be ensnared through fear or favor into the sustaining of the whisky power as against the temper ance cause. When the necessary legislation is secured in favor of prohibition something more is I necessary than mere law. Law must be supported by public sentiment. Some claim that we have public sentiment sufficient, but that it is in a dorment state. If this is true then public sentiment still stands in need of education it needs to be educated up to action. 4b order to do this we must agitate. We must agitate from the pnlpit, the press and the lecture stand. We must instruct in scriptural temperance instruct in the chemical and physiological effects of stimulating and narcotic drinks. In order to agitate successfully requires action presistent and uncompromising ac tion. Appoint public meetings in district school houses, in country and city churches, in lecture rooms, and let all our entire press give to their patrons a healthy pabulum of temperance sentiment through the columns of their papers and journals through each weekly and monthly issue. Such methods will disseminate temperance truths through out all our state and nation, will keep alive the spirit of reform and in the course of time will build up a nation of men and women freed from the bondage of intemper ance. One thing is absolutely requisite in order to secure a solid and wide-spread vie tory ot temperance truths: it is to induce Christian men and other temperance men to vote in all elections on the scriptural rule, which is as follows: "Moreover, thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of . truth, hating covetous ness, and place such over them; to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rslers of fifties and rulers of tens, and let them judge the people at all seasons." PRonremon DORSET'S LETTER TO SAXES A. QAKFTELD. Washington, Aug. 13. The Sunday Gazette in an article attacking the prose cution'in the pending star route cases and more particularly ex-Attorney General MacVeagh and ex-Postmaster General James, publishes an astonishing letter over the signature of ex-Senator S. W. Dorsey to President Garfield, in which it professes to find the animus of the star route prose cution . The editor of the Gazette, Rich ard J. Hinton, was in charge of the com pilation Of documents for distribution througn the republican national campaign committee of 1880, under svporvision oi Senator Dorsey. In his article he says he has in his possession a large number of let ters from various sources, one of which he sclectsSfor publication. Following is the letter: 241 Firm avenue, New York, Feb.$7, 1881 My Dear General: CoL George Bliss called on me recently and introduced a Mr, Knox, who said he was a classmate of yonrs at Williams College, and further stated about leaving for Mentor to visit you at your request to discuss the question of a proper person to place in your cabinet from New York. It connot be possible that you would call upon George Bliss, much less up on Knox, to give advise respecting so im portant a question to yon aad the people of this State. Both of these gentlemen may be honest true and respectable, and so far as I know they are, but Bliss and Knox do not represent the people or leaders of the people of New York no more than I rep resent the king of Siam. All- such advise as this is pretentious idiocy, and if you are occupying your time in listening to men like these, I wishHo express in a most em phatic way that you and your administra tion will prove a lamentable failure. You should take .the bit in your teeth and decide fer yourself who you want in your cabinet. What do you want of advice of men every one of whom has an ax to grind and a scheme to push? If you want to ad vance in New york why don't you send for Conkling or Arthur, the two men who elec- you consult with somebody who has a status, a name add a following in New York Now I tell you, and tell you with out a grain of selfishness that you cannot afford to have any friction arise between yourself and Conkling and Gen. Arthur. Whenever you determine to assail these men you drive the last nail in your political coffin. You cannot ignore them to make peace with Curtis, Wayne MacVeagh and others of that class. You can't disband an army to get recruits. We now have a great, well organized and aggressive army, and if you want to muster out that army in order to pick up sneaks, bummers and de serters in the rear, go ahead, and I predict you will land in a surrendered camp. I am tired of this blathering talk about MacVeagh to go into the cabinet from Pennsylvania and James from New York. Such detesta ble riot should be smoked out at once, and you ought to do it in some public way, as I have repeatedly urged upon yon. There is but one appointment you ought to make from New York, and that is Chief Judge Folger to be secretary of the treasury. You don't need any Bliss or Knox to ascer tain or te prove his character, capacity and standing in New York. Running for judge on the same ticket with you, he received more than double the majority you did. Now, take my advice about this, and -I ask you to do that because you know I have no earthly interest except to see a successful and honorable administration, and my ad vice is this: "When you get ready to select a citizen of New York for your cabi net send fer Senator Conkling, Gen. Arthur, Gov. Cornell, J. D. Warden of Buffalo, Ex Gov. Morgan, Thomas C. Flatt and men of that class and get their best judgement. Bliss and Knox? What nonsense. I beg you not to permit Knox to run around this state inquiring about men fittest for the cabinet and pretending to represent you. By acts of this kind you injure yourself and cast an unpardonable reflection upon men who can and ought to be the best judges and who represent the republicans of this state. I don't wish to be put in a position of being obliged to lecture the president elect and especially in regard to the forma tion of his. cabinet. You have repeated urged me to tell you whenever I should think you were going wrong, and I write you when I think you are aboat to make a mistake. have not and shall not mince words in pointing out your errors. You drop all this staff about Conkling. He don't want to fight you or any one else. He is not prancing around with a chip on his shoulder, challenging all mankind to a battlefield. All Conkling wants and all that Gen. Arthur desires is a fair show and an honest deal. These two men with their friends represent the intelligence the pro gressive and aggressive element of New York republicanism. They possess wisdom force and courage that the people of this country and all other countries admire. You know my interests ana purposes are solely to a successful consummation of our great work. I have presented to you some frozen facts, and I sincerely hope you will give them your candid and careful atten tion. Yours, etc., S. W. DORSEY. The President's Wife. Mrs. Arthur's room in her beautiful New York mansioa, in which she died, has never been disturbed; her needle is still threaded and sticking in a bit of delicate embroidery in her work basket, undisturbed; nor will her hnsband allow any one to change the room in its furniture arrangements. There is the little rccker beside the standard work basket, and the little negligee chrocheted slippers. There stands her desk with the ink dried on her pearl-handled pen, which she had hastily pnt aside from some inter ruption, never to use again on earth. Her favored books are plaeed in a tiny case, with a marker in one of them just as she left it. On the table are placed each morning by order of the president, a bunch of her fav orite flowers. Even her favorite perfumes are in the toilet bottles at her dressing case. and in her wardrobe hang her dresses. This room is bright and sunny, her former maid keeping it neat, aad arranging the flowers in the vases, and attending the cannries in th window, but never altering the places for the furniture, the books, etc. This room is a place where the president takes much comfort in reading aad meditation, and they who know, say that the bit of needlework has been many times wet with tears by the husband. TELEGRAMS. New York, Aug. 11. There is wide difference of opinion among friends of Ire land as to what course they should take with reference to Arabi Pasha in his contest with England. The question has derived some importance from the recent action of the national land league in Philadelphia. in advising that the funds of that organi zation be sent to assist Arabi in his strug gle against England. Some of the land leaguers here are in favor of such a proceed ing, but others condemn it. Chicago, August 11. The past few days have been very cold, uncomfortably so at times, and frosts are reported from northern Wisconsin. New York, Aug. 11. Democratic poli ticians are nearly all back from Saratoga and some of them in the best humor. Tam many folks insist Tilden was manager of the private conference as well as the state convention, and that no specific provision was made in the latter for keeping the door open for admission of Kelly delegates. They say the prospect for a reunion of the party is as forbidding as before. The Irving hall faction likewise feel they had received the cold shoulder and they cannot escape the conviction that they are to be ruled out of the state convention as well as the Tam-mauyites. Saratoga. An ar. II. At the national bar association meeting Wm. M. Evarts advoca ted the adoption of a minority report on the relief of the stfpreme court, (jen. Wm. Preston of Kentucky, Judge J. L. T. Sneed of Tennessee and E. B. Sherman of Chicago, spoke in favor of the majority report. The vote stood 39 for the majority and 22 for the minority. Washington. August 11. First Comp troller Lawrence signed a warrant to-day for $2265 in favor of Lucretia R. Garfield. Erastus Bond was to-day appointed tim ber agent of California. New York, Aug. 11. The spirit of the times says, editorially: It now seems abso lutely certain that in- their cowardly effort to sneak away from a fair race with the mg association have added to their other crimes deliberate and Willful falsehood in re gard to letters of inquiry said tohave been sent to America. Galveston, Aug. 11. There seems to be a panic over yellow fever in Matamoras, and dispatches from there regarding the number of cases are exaggerated and contradictory. According to one report via Laredo, the number of cases on the 9th was 56. San Erancisco, August 11. Exporters seem to have less difficulty in procuring wheat vessels at reasonable rates as there has been a steadier demand for tonnage at unchanged quotations, eight vessels in all having been placed during the week. The most important feature of the week has been tfte addition of a number of vessels to the fleet headed this way. The accessions to the list are from Australian ports, and have increased the total amount on the way to 304,073 tons, and this is less by 6391 tons than that of the same time last year. San Francisco, Aug. 11. A Shasta dis patch says forest fires were all around town last night anil nearly all the citizens were out fighting and keeping the flames from the village. Several residences on the out skirts and a number of line orchards and vineyards are destroyed. Tucson, Aug 11. The Star's Mexican ad vices of the 8th from Hermosillo, Sonora, says that parties have just arrived from Ures and report Apache depredations in that section are most fearful. Over 200 warriors are in the. Mazatlan mountains near Ures, and make daily laids in the val leys in small bodies, burning crops, houses and murdering the inhabitants. During the past twelve days forty-five persons have been murdered within a radius of twenty rive miles of Ures. Spokane Falls, Aug, 11. A fire last night at two o'clock destroyed the Franklin hotel, Still's billiard hall and Quinn's large barn. The tire spread with inconceivable rapidity, and the imitates of the house barely escaped. The superhuman exertion of the citizens in carrying water, and the heroic fortitude of several men standing on the roof of Jones' billiard hall, together with a favorable change of wind in the very nick of time, saved the town. Business men had given up all hope, when the wiud changed to the southeast and the town was safe. There was no loss of life, but two or three men were quite badly burned. The hotel and barn were owned by Peter Quiun. Their probable value was $4000. Constantinople, Aug. 11. Following is the teat of the proclamation against Arabi Pasha communicated te the conference yes terday: Arabi Pasha having a second time transgressed the law by taking authority which does not belong to him, and having presumed to menance vessels belonging to the old and tried friend and ally of Turkey, is for these misdeeds proclaimed a rebel to gether with his adherents. Be it known to all that obedience is due solely to the khedive, who is a representative of the sultan. Madrid, Aug. 11. A dispatch from Tangier states a holy war is being preached throughout Morocco against Christians. Chicago, Aug. 12. A special from Boston says Commissioner Fink will soon make an appeal to agents of different lines both in Boston and Chicago, to put a stop tc the practice of billing freight for Chicago and then reshipping it for California, but as their pecuniary interests lie in opposite di rections, this appeal will probably have little effect. New York, Aug. 12. Fish Commissioner Eugene G. Blackford yesterday received an order from Henry House at Corinne, Utah, for two barrels of seedling oysters. House wrote that he intended to plant them and make an attempt to cultivate oysters in Great Salt Lake. Blackford said to-day that two barrels would coutain about 6000 seedling oysters, and that the cost, together with freight charges, would be about $00. Chicago, Aug. 12. Times Council Blnff special: An important air line railway com pany was organized here to-day and articles of incorporation tiled under the state laws. It is called the New York and Coancil Bluff Railway Company. The line is to go east through Oskaloosa, Iowa; Macon, Ills ; Fort Wayne, I ml., and Akron, Ohio, to Red Bank, Fa., and there connect with the Allegheny Valley and Central road of New Jersey to Philadelphia and New York. Chicago, Aug. 13. Footings of the school census showed the population of Chieago, not including sailors, at 562,000. Bismarck, Aug 13. A four hundred feet span of the Northern Pacific bridge over the Missouri river at this point was finished to day. The bridge when completed in Octo ber next will be over thirteen hundred feet long, seventy -five feet above the river and the only bridge on the river having solid granite piers. It will cost about $1,000,000. San Francisco, Aug. 13. The steamship Arabic sailed yesterday tor Yokohama aad Hongkong with 370 Chinese passengers, 240 of whom took out registration papers per mitting tnein to return so Mi country. Victoria, Aug. 13 Preston Bennett, member of parliament elect for Yale dis trict, died on the 9th of hemorrhage of the lungs. Havana, Aug. 12. A dispatch from Jamaica says: Westgate, the self-confessed assassin of Lord Frederick Cavendish aud Bourse, arrived there, and evidence impli cating mm in tne crime is strong. Wheeling, Aug. 12. Democrats of the second district at Keyser after two days session and much bitterness split into two factions. One nominating Daniel B. Lucas for congress, and the other Judge Hoinie. IMther would prefer the election of a repub lican to election ot ms adversary it is be ueved. Pittsburg, Aug. 14. The labor situation has assumed a new phase on account of the reported sale of the workmgmen s organi zation to one oi tne oiu political parties. It is alleged the coming convention of work ingmen in Philadelphia is to be packed with "rounders and peelers, who can outride the laboring class and carry out the plans ot politicians. Jarrett is consequently pre paring circulars designed to prevent this scheme, and it will be signed by officials representing 40,000 workiagmen in Pitts burg district. Laredo, Aug. 14. In tbe 24 hours end ing at 8 P. M. of the 13th Brownsville had 23 new cases of fever and one death; Mata moras, one new case and eight deaths. New York, Aug. 14. Times Washing ton special on Dorsey's letter to Garfield: Dorsey said to-night that he had no objec tion that the letter should be published and saw no reason tor its publication, which could do no one any gflod. So far as it was an expression of his opinions he was ready to stand by it. Col. fimton, he said, bad in his possession about one hundred letters which he (Dorsey) had written to Garfield, and be had chosen to publish this and had intimated that he would publish others. In Dorsey's opinion it was an unwise thing to do. If the editor had desired to pick out the strongest expression of opinion he had made a mistake, for there were much more emphatic letters in the batch. As far as he was concerned, he did not see how giving out of these letters to the public now could help anybody in the star route cases. He certainly did not think it would help him and he had not consented to their publica tion with that idea. Washincton. Aue. 14. The hoD crop of the United States indicates a small rate of yield. About 265 pounds per acre on over 30,000 acres is reported in New York. The total acreage of the state now slightly ex ceeds 40,000 acres. Indications point to a ted yon with the aid of Grant J Why don't gilladale crew the English Amateur Bow- product of not more than 96,000 bales. The Northern Pacific Railroad has com pleted two additional sections of its road. One is in Idaho and the other in Montana. The two sections cover about 140 miles. Ex-Senator Conkling, counsel for the North ern Pacific, called at the department of the interior to-day on business in relation to examination of the completed sections. Constantinople, Aug. 14. Stringent or ders have been sent to the governors of Beyrout, Damascus and Aleppo to take ex ceptional care to secure public order and prevent an outbreak of natives.' At Bey route events its Egypt are greatly influenc ing Syrian mussulmaus and the situation is such a trifling incident would suffice to set tbe whole province ablaze London, Aug. 14. King Cetewayo has arrived at Osborne. It is rumored the queen, at an interview to be granted him, will inform him of the dicision of her gov ernment to restore him to his kingdom. It is stated a British resident will be appoint ed to reside at Alandi, the Zulu capital, in order to advise him on questions relative to external relations. Victoria, Aug. 14. The steamer Goliah arrived here last evening with two China men from Port Townsend, who arrived on an inward-bound vessel and were refused permission to land, in accordance with the recent prohibition act. passed by congress. The captain preferred chartering a steamer and sending them over here to entering in to bonds of S500 each that they should neither run away nor land. Such additions to our population may be expected frequent ly in the future. , Boston, Ang. 15. The Herald discussing Dorsey's case says editorially: We have in our jiossession information going to show that the exposure of the frauds was inevit able, and that, Jame3 and McVeagh were simply instruments willing, honest and fearless used to bring them to time. Our information is to the effect that Samuel J. Tilden was in possession of the star r-ute business before the election two years ago, but did not choose to make use of them for reasons net wholly inconsistent with a pur pose which he is said to have cherished to let the men who nominated Hancock elect him if they could. After the election and selection of a new cabinet these facts were furnished to Mr. James by or through Mr. Tilden, and a double purpose was thus promised by showing up stealing by fraudu lent means, and injuring the republican party without creating a fund of glory for any democrat outside of Gramercy Park. Ia view of all these facts and considerations the reason of Dorsey's action and the in justice and absnrdnes3 of star route assaults upon Messrs. James and aic v eagn appears in a clear light. It ia very evident also, that all the disclosures are not yet made The trial of the conspirators has broucht out little except matters of record. The true inwardness of ie great fraud is still hidden. Chicago, Aug. 15. An Irish national demonstration occurred at Ogden's grove this : afternoon and evening attended by 10,000 persons. Omaha, Aug. 15. Ex-Secretary of War Ramsey, Colonel Godfrey of Des Moines, Judge Carleton of Terra Haute and ex-Senator Paddosk of Nebraska, comprising the Utah commission, arrived here yesterday. Ex Congressman Pettigrew of Arkansas is expected in the morning. They leave for Salt Lake at noon. They express them selves as ready to carry out the law, but are unable to say, until they have a con sultation, how they will enforce its pro visions. They will supervise the elections and remain till November. Terre Haute, Ind., Ang. 15. About forty counties were represented here to-day in the convention to organize a state liquor dealers association JKesomtiona were pass ed pledging the association to vote for the nominees of the democratic party, because at its convention it declared itself opposed to prohibitory laws, and because the repuo licans declared in favor of them. Chicago, Aug. 15. The letter from Dor sey to the late President Garfield excites some comment. Gen. Swaim, who was at Mentor as confidential friend of the presi dent elect at the time the letter purports to have Been written, says he never saw it un til it appeared in print. He received sever al letters from Dorsey himself and supposed that all written by the ex-senator were sent to him. He regards it as somewhat singu lar that he never heard of the receipt of such a missive. New York, Aug. 15. Congressman Page was met by a reporter this morning, and in course of the conversation expressed his opinion freely on several questions of inter est. He first dwelt on the effects of the Chinese bills in California, ami said : "FromTvery reliable source I learn that the large manufacturers, especially boot and shoe makers, are discharging their Chinese employes to make room for white men and girls. The consequence is, that money which formerly went over to China, is now spent in this country. Tbe result is that poverty, or I should say actual misery, is on the decrease in that state." Harrisburgh, Aug. 15. There is no long er any doubt that Camerous are negotiating for a transfer of the votes of the labor party to Gen. Beaver. The headquarters of the movement are in Philadelphia, bnt some outcropings are discernible in this part of the state. Constantinople, Aug. 14. The proclama tion of Arabi Pasha as a rebel and authoriz ing an Anglo-Turkish military convention is not yet decided. Ambassadors met at the residence of Said Pasha to-day and dis cussed the question of protection of the Suez canal, hot no decission was reached. It is believed the resolution of the confer ence in relation to this matter will have no immediate important bearing on the situa tion. It is understood a majority of the ambassadors are in favor of bringing the conference to a close, or adjourning its sittings. Elkawab states that Arabi Pasha has already been semi-olficially made acquainted with the terms ot the proclamation declar intr him a rebel. He has been infoimed the sultan would grant him a free pardon should he make submission, but if he refuses strong measures will be taken to enforce his obed ¬ ience. The ministers condemn Arabi Pasha as acting contrary to the interests of Islam. It is understood a divergence o" views ex- hptwfHn th Tiortp and Tjorrl LhifFerin on affairs respecting the wordmgTM the pro clamation aaaiust Arabi Pasha. Lord Duf- ferin desires a plain and simple proclama tion in Turkish and Arabic, that Arabi Pasha is nothing hut an ambitious and law less adventurer. England insists upon com manding the Turkish troups. It is stated the question will be brought before the con ference. London. Aug. 15. A dispatch from Con stantinople says several stipulations propos ed in the military convention are considered anexeeptible to Turkey, and the proclama tion against Arabi Pasha will not be issued until the convention is signed. of English and French controllers, and these employes profit enormously by abuse of their places, which they held to the exclu sion of Arabs. They constantly extended their own privileges and increased their preference until Arabi. who was then colo nel in the service, complained to the khed ive. In this way a breach occurred be tween Arabi and the khedive, and difficul ties arose which might easily have been ar ranged had not the appearance of the fleets aroused native feeling and destroyed my plans for reconciliation of the opposing fac tions and peaceable settlement of their troubles. I had already sent to Alexandria a commission including Derviseh Pasha, Acbmed Essad Effendi, Lebib Effendi and Cedn Effendi, to act as arbitrators, but the Action of the English rendered their plans useless. Lebib Effendi, who has just re turned, will give you a written statement of the ease mre at length." "What does your majesty think of the bombardment?" "It was most cruel and unjust. The English forbade Egyptians to fortify their own works and then while defenceless open ed fire upon them. This was an unjust inhu man act, and contrary to the law of nations. The English claim they were dealing with rebels. In that case it was England's duty to inform the sovereign power and to leave settlement to that authority, instead of tak ing the law into her own hauds, which she ha' no right to do. English say there is uo justice among us. Yet, leo us look at Ire land. England's Irish subjects are simply demanding a right which here in Turkey is universally granted to the people. Such trouble? as the Irish agrarian riots would be impossible in Turkey. England boasts of her superior-justice; yet we have what she does not graut to her subjects an equita ble land la, under which farmers and even farm laborers are projected in .their rights. When the Romans obtained Dobnibja they continued the use of Turkish law in re gard to real property." "What is your majesty's opinion about the result Of the present troubles?" "I am sure that when all the fact3 are known in America aud other impartial coun tries, the action of England will be con demned as arbitrary anil unjust. If Eng land's object is to protect her own interests in India, she has taken the wrong course. She will never be allowed by other powers to occupy Egypt alone. France would in sist upon the maintenance ot a free central .province or a joint occupancy, and in either case there would be more danger to the canal than under the Turkish rule. Any Euglishman who has any brains in his head understands that the interest of England is Un maintenance ot Turkish power. It has Ween the intention and desire of the Turkish government to maintain the statu quo in Egypt. It was endeavoring to bring about a peaceful settlement of local disaffection when the fleets appeared and precipitated a crisis." CONSUMPTION CURED An old physician, retired from active practice, having had placed in bis hands by aa East India Missionary the formula of simple vegetable remedy'for the speedy and permanent cure of Consumption, Bronchitis, Catarrh, Asthma, and all Throat and Lung affections, also a positive and radical cure; for general Debility and all nervous com plaints, after having thoroughly tested its wondeiful curative powers in thousands of cases, feels it his duty to make it known to his suffering fellows. The recipe with full particulars, directions for preparation and use, and all necessary advice and instruc tions for successful treatment at your own home, will be received by you by return mail, free of charge by addressing with stamp or stamped self-addressed envelope to Dr. M. E. BELL, 161 N. Calvert St., Baltimore, Md. 10:2yl Steam Launch Mary Hall. WU1 carry the United States mall, passengers and freight between Elk City and Newport, leaving New port on Monday, Wedreaday and Friday of each week, arriving at Newport on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday of each week. This time will be changed to daily trips soon. Special trips made when re quired. uay5yl R. A. BENSELL. Good Brick kept constantly on hand at Mrs. L. A. Denick's Brick Yard, near the f.ouring road. South of Corvallis. mill, on the ne ferry 19-33mS CORVALLIS Livery, Feed, -AND- SALE STABLE. LIST OF LETTERS Remaining unclaimed in the PostofSce at Corvallis, Friday, Aug. 18, 1SS2. calling for the same will please say tised," giving date of this list: ladies' list. Davis, Dollie 2. Harn, Alice. Persons 1 'adver- IVJUiin St., Corvallis, Oregon. SOL. KING, - - Propr Allen, Rob N., S. Pouts & Son. :ts list. Bartlet, T. J., Goff, Prank. N. R. Baeber, P. M. GOO!) SEWS. He that hath teeth let him hoar by the Dentaphone which enables all deaf persons to lir by the teeth. 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Hera'd's Constan tinople special: In an audience granted to vour corresoondent at Yildiz palace this afternoon tbe sultan expressed himself free ly upon the Egyptian question. "Xne situation in igypt, uaiu tue nuiiaii, was not serious until the presence of the fleets precipitated affairs and exasperated the people. Arabi's party then took advan tage of $K situation to inflame the people.'" "What does vour majesty consider the original cause of the trouble?" 'I will explain. There has been in all Egyptian public departments a great num ber of English and French employes ap pointed ana kept m place ny ;tne innueoo ALL ORDERS PROMPTLY EXECUTED. Repairing and Cleaning at moderate Prices. 19-26yl THOMAS GRAHAM, Druggist and Apothcary, -AND DEALER IN- PAINTS, OIIS, HUSHES, BRUSHES, GIASS, PUTTY, TRUSSES. SHOULDEE BRACES, TOILET ARTICLES 4C. A full line ot B' oks, Stationery and Wall Paper. Ov.r drags are fresh and well selected. 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